National Budget for 7.1.08

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Jun 30, 2008 at 12:01 AMJun 30, 2008 at 5:58 PM

GateHouse News Service National Budget

For 7/1/08 editions

Here are the top national stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/. Please submit stories below no later than 6 pm local time, unless you have breaking news that is changing significantly.

FOURTH OF JULY CONTENT: Check out content related to the Fourth of July, including columns, food features and more. We’re continuing to add links to this as we get new submissions.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/homepage/x1743981937/Fourth-of-July-content

FACEOFF: When do you take down online content? Watertown TAB editor Chris Helms and Patriot Ledger ME Terry Ryan debate the issue on ghnewsroom.com.
http://www.ghnewsroom.com/news.php?newsid=1214794171

SUMMERTIME INJURIES: Fun in the sun can also mean injuries, trips to ER. LEDGER
WITH: First aid for families: what to do and when to seek medical attention
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/health/x1713651062/Fun-in-the-sun-can-also-mean-injuries-trips-to-ER

BIKING FOR HEALTH: Add biking to cycle of workouts. LEDGER
INCLUDES: Tips for getting started and for safety
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/health/x415948499/Add-biking-to-cycle-of-workouts

BRITT: Toon on SUVs, gas prices and motor scooters. Will be posted this evening.

EDITORIAL: Self-defense rights in a 'Rambo' culture - Too bad James Madison and George Mason and Thomas Jefferson and others of their ilk are not alive today to explain what exactly they meant by their ambiguous wording in the Second Amendment: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." PEORIA
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/editorials/x222999298

CHARITA GOSHAY: Time to re-evaluate how to treat mentally ill. CANTON, Ohio
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/charita_goshay/x19927005/Charita-Goshay-Time-to-re-evaluate-how-to-treat-mentally-ill

PETER COSTA: Frog sense - I was sitting on a beam in the back of my cottage on the lake as I wound a heavy-duty electrical cord around my arm. Suddenly I felt something move across my foot. I leapt into the air like a high jumper trying to qualify for a trip to Beijing and came down on the grass tangled in a web of orange wire. Next to my foot sat the culprit: a frog. CNC, on wire now
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x2010599342/Peter-Costa-Frog-sense

News

PASSWORD, PLEASE: Keep your sanity and your security - Your head is aching and your eyes are blurry as you stare at the monitor. But, no matter how hard you try, you can’t seem to remember if you created your password with your dog’s name or, wait, maybe it was your husband’s ...
Herald News, Allard, on wire now
With photo
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/how_to/x415949859/The-password-please-Keep-your-sanity-and-your-security'

GAS PRICE CHANGES: Gas prices drive widespread change - If fuel prices stay high, the landscape will likely change within a decade, many experts say. Housing, transportation and the food industry will all undergo a major turnaround. Enterprise, Alspach, on wire now
With photo
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x2010599435/Gas-prices-drive-widespread-change

100 YEARS OLD ON THE FOURTH: This calls for fireworks: Woman to turn 100 on July 4 - Living life to the hilt has agreed with Ione Schubert. She’ll be 100 years old July 4, and is still going strong. FREEPORT, Ill. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x905505735

MAKING CENTS: Get your finances in order now. The sad truth is that sometimes people don't get their finances in order until they're on the receiving end of bad health news - and once they're diagnosed with a serious illness, some folks don't even want to address money matter. Weekly column by John Napolitano, LEDGER, Mass.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x1346873505/Making-Cents-Get-your-finances-in-order-now#

RIDE SHARING REVS UP: - Companies are working to ease commuting costs with mass transit subsidies and carpools. Ledger, Adams, on wire now
With photos
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x415949788/Ride-sharing-revs-up

CHECKOUT LANE: Sizing up the summer heat - Central air-conditioning should be customed-sized for your home. A unit too small will run all day, and one too big will fail to sufficiently remove humidity, says Sahin Gulsen, owner of Plymouth air conditioning provider Frugal Air. Ledger, Bauer, on wire now
With photo
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x2010599409/Checkout-Lane-Sizing-up-the-summer-heat

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